Originally Posted by clausen
It's the head angle and wheel base. Even though it use a compact frame for sizing the main points hubs, handle bars, saddle and BB and angles are a Italian stage bike compared to crit bikes.
Here is a little article on Italian geometry. go to the "Italian "STAGE GEOMETRY"" section
http://www.smartcycles.com/stage_bikes.htm
I can't believe that I wasted a few minutes of my life reading that crap. What the "Italian 'STAGE GEOMETRY'" section boiled down to is "A bike's geometry is important. Italian bikes come in many sizes. That is good." It says nothing about what exactly characterizes such geometry in terms of angles and relative lengths, and the diagrams, which also are devoid of such empirical measurements, specifically say "not to scale"! More factless horse**** designed to sell whatever bike the propagator is selling.